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has sent note TO the Sultan. in which it
! distinctly refuses to accept the situation
which would result from signing of the
! Egyptian convention. and says that if the
| convention should be ratified France viii
/ take the measures necessary to protect her
| interests, which will be endangered by a
| disturbance of the equilibrium On the
Mediterrar can, and. on the other hand,
! France offers assurances that she will pro-
tect and guarantee the Sultan against
whatever consequences may result if he
shall refuse to ratify the convention By
so doing. the note says, the Sultan will
strengthen the friendship between France
and Turkey and protect his country from
encroachments and the ambition of Eng
land.
Upon the receipt OF this note a council
of Ministers was summoned, and note to
the Powers drafted complaining of French
interference in the international affairs Of
Turkey The note will be submitted to
the Sultan for his approval. 1t is rumored
that Russian troops are advancing from
Kars as menace to Turkey.
A London dispatch of June 18th says:
In the midst of all the Jubilee celebrations
regular politics has suffered The Govern
ment wisely decided not to continue the
| work of forcing through the Coercion bill
| during jubilee week, and the little busl-
ness attended to in the House has been
pitifully dull. The galleries have been
empty, for who cares to sit and look at
| plain statesmen with one title apiece,
when Kings and Princes were plentiful all
! Or;o nj MI
bedecked with Jewels, thrown in.
ROME, June 26th-Signor Bacceli and
Signor Bonghi, ex-Mnister OF Public
| Instruction, will present in the Chamber
of Deputies tomorrow bill providing for
| preservation of the ancient Roman ruins
in the vicinity of the forum, the Baths of
Caracalla and the Via Appia, by means of
| an archaeological promenade enclosing
| them. The estimated cost of the work is
| SIS, 900 900, to be paid in annual rates by the
municipal government.
PARIS, June 26th.-The recent meeting
! of the French Patriotic League has led TO
resignation of many members of that
! organization, including NJ Metivier, one
of the founders of the League and an
| intimate friend of Gambetta. Letters have
| been received from various branches of
| the league, protesting against throwing
| France at Boulanger's feet" The affair
| threatens to break up the league.
| LONDON, June 25th.-The Government is
! considering an offer by which a subsidy of
ESQ, 900 yearly will secure three lines of
| tirst-class steamers on the Trans-C Canadian
! route to the East, one line to connect
r II oil no tyx-O
to connect the Pacific terminus of the
Canadian Pacific Railway with Australia
and the East.
GLASGOW, June 26th.-The yachts Thistle
and Trek started from Rothenay to-day on
a ffty-mie race. There was a brisk
breeze at the time. The Thistle at once
took the lead
The Thistle won the prize, covering the
course in All. en-. 45s. The time of the
Irex was Al. 18m 45s.
Advices from Winnipeg, June 25th, say
secret orders have been issued to the local
volunteer battal1ons to hold themselves in
readiness for active service. This is be-
leved 20 be a ruse on the part of the
Dominion Government to send the volun-
teers west under the pretense that another
uprising among the Indians is feared, 50
that the Government can easily carry out
its intentions of preventing Manitoba from
building the proposed road to the boundary. |
1t is said to be the Governm ent's intention
to send to Winnipeg the mounted police
in the absence of the volunteers, and so
coerce that province into submission. If
the Federal authority resorts to force the
Government House and Fort Osborn will
be RACED, and a big riot will follow. The
people are ready to resort to any extrem
ity should the Dominion Government at
tempt forcible resistance to a scheme dear
to every Manltoban's heart. The con-
tractors will commence work in a week, !
and an interesting time is expected.
Reports from the Cherokee Nation
reached Little Rock June 25th, of serious
trouble between contractors and workmen
on the railroad now building in Indian
Territory. 1t Is reported that fight took
place last night in which three men were
killed. The United States Marshal and a
posse have gone to the scene of the dis |
turbance.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico, !
dated June oath, says the "Diario Official"
met crisis exists For the last fortnight |
such reports have been the rage at the Cap
ital, and most politicians believed that the |
President intended to reorganize his Cabi-
net. The newspapers are ridicuing as ab-
surd the project of putting Don Carlos on !
the throne, and some of them are printing
lists of the future royal cabinet, to the an
noyance of many worthy survivors of the |
Macmillan era.
On June sd the French Senate discussed |
the report of the Committee on the Con- |
sumption of Spirits. NJ. Claude said that |
the committee had come to the conclusion |
that drinking in France had reached such |
a height as to be social danger. Alcohol /
was an essentially dutiable article, and it
behooves the State to prevent its excessive
consumption, at the same time securing |
the utmost profit to the Treasury by the
suppression of adulteration and other
frauds. M. Rouvier approved the com
mittees report He said the Government
would prosecute fraud wherever discov-
cred, and that the revenue collectors would
be instructed to take vigorous action